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Original Article Posted on: 1st March 2021

Link to Original Article: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-announces-new-senior-executives

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Link to Original Article: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20210310

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The pandemic has been a challenging part of the 2020. Now, this year gladly promises a slow exit from the pandemic and re-opening of employment opportunities. 

Original Article Source Credits:   Maryland Courts  , https://mdcourts.gov/

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Original Article Posted on:  February 16, 2021

Link to Original Article:  https://mdcourts.gov/coronavirusupdate

Original Article Source Credits:  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , https://www.eeoc.gov/ 

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Original Article Posted on:  01-21-2021

Link to Original Article:  https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/president-appoints-charlotte-burrows-eeoc-chair

Original Article Source Credits:   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR , https://www.dol.gov/

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20210112-0

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Original Article Posted on:  01-11-2021

Link to Original Article:  https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-publishes-final-conciliation-rule

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions

Original Article Source Credits:  Maryland Judiciary , https://www.courts.state.md.us/

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Original Article Posted on:  December 22, 2020

Link to Original Article:  https://www.courts.state.md.us/media/news/2020/pr20201222

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-issues-updated-covid-19-technical-assistance-publication-3

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Maryland economy, businesses, and workers, but things are improving. Maryland’s September 2020 unemployment rate was 6.9%, reports The Baltimore Sun.  For more, read this article.

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals clarifies and holds that an employer cannot fail to renew a teacher's contract, and hide behind the excuse that it was set to expire, if motivated by an illegal motive, in the recent decision of Miller-Phoenix v. Balt. City Bd. of Sch. Comm'rs, 246 Md. App. 286, 228 A.3d 809 (2020).

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/odep/odep20201216

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/city-hammond-pay-80750-resolve-eeoc-disability-discrimination-finding

The Maryland Court of Appeals has changed the standard for whether or not to admit an expert at trial to the federal Daubert standard and its focus on reliability, in Rochkind v. Stevenson, an August 2020 decision changing Maryland law under Md. Rule 5-702.

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Original Article Posted on: 16th November 2020

Link to Original Article: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-professional-transportation-disability-discrimination

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Original Article Posted on: 17th November 2020

Link to Original Article: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-seeks-public-input-revised-enforcement-guidance-religious-discrimination

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Original Article Posted on: 16th November 2020

Link to Original Article: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20201116

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/jocelyn-samuels-sworn-eeoc-commissioner

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Link to Original Article:  https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/andrea-r-lucas-sworn-eeoc-commissioner